Mine's in the living room also. Usually the kids just want to play games but I do keep an eye on which site they choose. Noggin and Nick jr. are okay but sometimes I have to make them change games on the others. I don't allow them to play the violent games. Violence is not entertainment.

i am lucky. all my kids want to do is play line rider and go on nickolodeon's and cartoon networks websites to play their little cartoon oriented games. my 15 year old used to play runescape but he got bored w/ it.

funny thing is, i am the one w/ the myspace, facebook and twitter accounts. i've had a myspace for over 5 years, facebook i've been on for probably about 3 and twitter, shortly after they arrived on the scene (altho i don't care much for it. i don't have a mobile device so its pretty worthless to me). i have started email accounts for 2 of my kids on yahoo and they didn't maintain it to keep it active. now one of my sons is in college and has an email account w/ the school. i hope he keeps that one up!

if my kids did have accounts on message boards and/or social networking sites, i would definitely monitor them. i think that is not only smart, it is mandatory in this electronic age.